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Welcome to Handymeg, a site filled with my many projects and passions.  You will find the good, the bad and the crazy along the way.  Maybe it will ignite your own passion too!

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Room Decor

Well, it only took me 10 months to hang something on a wall in our new house. Every time I walked past the boxes of pictures and...

Door Flip!

Doors that open into things or into other doors is one of my pet peeves. I suppose it's a flow issue for me but it's just so frustrating....

Closet Built-ins Phase 1

I have a friend who has a big need for storage. His master bedroom closet is oversized, so we thought adding shelving in there would be...

Bifold to French Doors

I hate bifold doors. They certainly have their place and there are times when they are necessary. When they're not necessary, I'd...

Pot Lights to Pendant Lights

Pot lights are awesome lighting for the kitchen. I always thought the more, the better. Then we moved into our current house and I...

Alcoves to Cabinets

There's something about alcoves that just screams 90s to me. Add in the rounded corners and it's obvious the space was designed decades...

New Mantle

For 8 and a half months, I've been staring at the strange alcoves and mantle in the living room knowing I needed to do something to...

Grandma needs a door

The living space, or mother-in-law suite, that we created for grandma is just the rear portion of the finished basement. To give her a...

Sofa Table and bench

We have a very large loft area in our home, just outside of the bedrooms upstairs, that is the perfect spot for a projector. The whole...

Washer and Dryer Pedestal

I was very excited to find a second washer/dryer hookup in the new house that we bought this year. It's in the utility room in our...

Kitchen from nothing

When searching for a new home, I had my eyes peeled for a space for my mother-in-law. Five years ago, we built a suite above the garage...

Kitchen Island makeover

Our kitchen cabinets are solid wood and, though the color is not my style, they are beautiful. I've toyed with the idea of painting them....

Window Trim!

I know I keep saying this but our new house is so vanilla. All the walls are white. The trim is white. The carpets are beige. ...

Gaming Table Part 1

Some projects take me months to complete. Sometimes that's because I start something and quickly become disinterested. Other times it's...

Barn door sliders!

Moving into this new house, we had two giant alcoves in the front room. They definitely needed to be filled with cool things. Last...

Bed to bench part 2

Ah, this vanilla house is slowly gaining more character! When we bought it, I thought the alcoves in the front room (and more in the...

Toilet paper roll holder, deluxe edition

Part one of my toilet paper roll holder saga started in our half bathroom. If you haven't checked it out yet, you can read about it...

Custom Dog Kennel!

Do you hang out on Pinterest at all? If you do, I'm sure you've seen pieces of furniture turned into a cute dog kennel. Every time I...

Built-in Adventures!

Do you love built-ins? I do! Do you have a space in your home that is just screaming for some organization? I have plenty! One thing...

Toilet Paper Adaptations!

Have you ever had a toilet paper holder that just doesn't work well for you? Sometimes it's out of reach. Sometimes it's falling apart....

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